HAVANA. 
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TYPICAL HAVANA COLONNADES. 
men have rather narrow shoulders,” noted William Cullen Bryant, “but 
as they advance in life, the chest, in the women particularly, seems to ex¬ 
pand from year to year, till it attains an amplitude by no means common 
in our country. I fully believe that this effect, and their general health, 
in spite of the inaction in which they spend their lives, is owing to the 
free circulation of air through their apartments.” 
